Frostbound Bracket 3 by Castievanialord

Format: Commander

Commander: Hylda of the Icy Crown

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Azorius snow-tap deck uses Hylda of the Icy Crown to turn every tap of an opponent's creature into value. You control the board with repeatable tap effects, freeze auras, and snow synergies, then pay {1} to create 4/4 Elementals, grow your board, or scry and draw. Hylda is the main engine and card advantage source. Secondary paths include a large Rimefeather Owl, a 20/20 Marit Lage from Marit Lage's Slumber, and Dragon attacks from Ojutai, Soul of Winter and Icingdeath. The deck has no infinite combo and wins through incremental combat after establishing a soft lock where opponents' creatures stay tapped.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Aetherspouts
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Astral Dragon
  • 1 Balduvian Frostwaker
  • 1 Blizzard Strix
  • 1 Boreal Elemental
  • 1 Cavalier of Gales
  • 1 Cave of the Frost Dragon
  • 1 Chandra, Chill of Compliance
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cleanfall
  • 1 Coldsteel Heart
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cone of Cold
  • 1 Cover of Winter
  • 1 Crippling Chill
  • 1 Deceptive Frostkite
  • 1 Deep Freeze
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Dragonlord Ojutai
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Faceless Haven
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frost Augur
  • 1 Frost Raptor
  • 1 Frost Titan
  • 1 Frostfist Strider
  • 1 Frostwalk Bastion
  • 1 Glacial Floodplain
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glacial Grasp
  • 1 Glacial Plating
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hraesvelgr of the First Brood
  • 1 Hylda of the Icy Crown
  • 1 Hylda's Crown of Winter
  • 1 Icebind Pillar
  • 1 Icebreaker Kraken
  • 1 Icewrought Sentry
  • 1 Icingdeath, Frost Tyrant
  • 1 Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice
  • 1 Marit Lage's Slumber
  • 1 Memorial to Glory
  • 1 Niblis of Frost
  • 1 Ojutai, Soul of Winter
  • 1 Plunge into Winter
  • 1 Queen of Ice // Rage of Winter
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Replicating Ring
  • 1 Rimefeather Owl
  • 1 Rimefire Torque
  • 1 Rimefur Reindeer
  • 1 Rimekin Recluse
  • 1 Search for Glory
  • 1 Silence
  • 14 Snow-Covered Island
  • 14 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stop Cold
  • 1 Subtlety
  • 1 Succumb to the Cold
  • 1 Temple of the Dragon Queen
  • 1 Thunderwolf Cavalry
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Vexilus Praetor
  • 1 Wall of Frost
  • 1 Winter's Rest
  • 1 Winternight Stories